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Evidence of EV battery fire risk

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Overheard someone in the office today wittering about the risk of battery fires with EVs and how he thought no evidence was being made available in case it put the Government's 2030 target at risk.
I felt like countering this but realised I didn't have any actual evidence with which to do so. I realise EV batteries can suffer thermal runaway (LiFePo excluded?) but as far as I understand the batteries are well protected from fire risk and the actual incidence of EV fires is very low?
Would appreciate any links to good, straightforward evidence on the topic if it exists.
Thanks
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Overheard someone in the office today wittering about the risk of battery fires with EVs and how he thought no evidence was being made available in case it put the Government's 2030 target at risk.
Is this guy a conspiracy theorist because he certainly sounds like one? If so then there really is no point in arguing with them as no amount of contrary evidence will ever be good enough. Conspiracy theorist will always find a way to claim the evidence was faked.

You can put a flat earther in a rocket, blast him into space, show him the curvature of the planet, bring him back safely and he will still shout "FAKE!" He'd probably claim that the windows on the rocket were actually monitors and it was all CGI or something along those lines.

The point is, their cognitive dissonance is so strong that it is impossible to reason with these people. Don't bother wasting your breath with your colleague.
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